Arsenal pass temper test

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AMONG THE LAST RECORDED statements of Brian Clough was an apology, an admission that he had been wrong about Arsène Wenger. “I didn’t take to him for a long time after his arrival at Arsenal,” the former Derby County and Nottingham Forest manager said. “I thought his team’s disciplinary record stank. They were bloody-mannered, always ready to argue and protest. But they’ve improved beyond recognition and so has their football. And it’s no exaggeration to say Wenger has become an idol of mine.”

In some small way, it is comforting that Clough lived long enough to witness the final phase